TOP TEN Christmas Gifts for Artists

November 16, 2009 by admin
Filed under Holiday News

Christmas is almost with us again and its time to think about those special art gifts for the artist in your life. So here is a list of our Top Ten Art Gifts for Christmas. Or maybe they will just give you a few ideas to explore.

Inspiration Holiday artists Sue Ford and organiser Philip Dunn have put together a list of their Top Ten Christmas Gifts for Artists. We feel sure that any artist would be delighted to find one (or more!) of these great art gifts in a Christmas Stocking or under the tree on Christmas morning

	A set of 24 Unison Soft Pastel for Landscape from Jacksons Art £24.50
	A year’s membership subscription to The Society of All Artists (SAA) From £25
	The Letters of Vincent Van Gough – Penguin Classics £7.77 from Amazon
	A Gift Voucher for an Art Holiday in Menorca or an Art Holiday in Scotland. The value of these gift vouchers can be put towards any of the Inspiration Art Holidays Vouchers available for £25, £50 or £100
	Light and Mood in Watercolour by David Curtis Amazon £8.25
	Light & Composition Instructional DVD by Philip Dunn. This DVD is primarily aimed at photographers, but artists wanting to take photographs to paint from will find huge benefits in the easy and non-technical help on this DVD By increasing your understanding of light – it’s direction, quality and colour – and how it affects what you see, your paintings are bound to improve £10.99 inc P+P
	The Art Forger’s Handbook by Eric Hobbern Amazon Used books in good condition from around £50 on Amazon
	Cotman Watercolour : Field Plus Box Set : 12 x Half Pans The ultimate watercolour set for painting out-of-doors Box closed size is approximately 14x11x4cm Contains a 60ml water bottle and 2 clip on water cups Contains 12 half pans of Cotman watercolour paint and a size 5 series 111 pocket brush Box lid folds out to be a mixing palette. 2 additional mixing palettes slide out. Has a thumb hole for handheld use £29.95 Amazon
	Winsor & Newton Mersey Easel £63.95 Amazon Oiled beechwood A-Frame construct Adjustable Folds flat for storage Maximum canvas height is 49
	Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Colour 10 Tube Paint Set £20